SUNY - Upstate Medical University College of Medicine Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

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What was the stress level of the interview?

7 out of 10

How you think you did?

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How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

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How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

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💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

What makes a good doctor? And why would you be a good doctor?

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Why do you want to be a doctor?

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What was the most interesting question?

See below

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What was the most difficult question?

My faculty interviewer gave me a list of scenarios,...they were all difficult. 1) You deliver a baby with Down's, the father asks how it is. What do you say? 2) The parents of the baby don't want the heart surgery needed to save the baby's life. What do you do? 3) You get asked to be Sugeon General. Do you take the job? 4) Now that you're Surgeon General, you have all this money, where do you put it, and why?

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

45 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

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Where did the interview take place?

At the school

📍 On-Site Experience ▼

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tour guide seem?

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How do you rank the facilities?

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What is your in-state status?

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What were your total hours spent traveling?

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What was your primary mode of travel?

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About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

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What airport did you fly into?

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Where did you stay?

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What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

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How would you rate the hotel?

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Would you recommend the hotel?

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What is your ranking of this school's location?

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What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

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What are your comments on where you stayed?

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✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

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How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

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How did you prepare for the interview?

This site, the school's site, books,...

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What impressed you positively?

The school was pretty.

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What impressed you negatively?

The Dean assured us that we would not be given stress interviews.... in retrospect, I should have mentioned someting to that effect afterwards, but aside from sounding like I was completely sedated in getting over the initial shock of it, I answered her questions honestly,..... knowing that my interviewer didn't sit on the commitee, and that my student interview went so well, I didn't really think it was as necessary. Just be prepared for your interviewer to ask those age-old "Why do you want to be a doctor...?" questions.... oh well.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

The plane is easier than the train.

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What are your general comments?

Student - great. Informative, positive. A good selling point on the school. Faculty - dunno. She was informative. Though we did not connect as well as I have in other interviews. I've always found that conversational interviews get the same information from me as this one tried to,... being the first REAL stress-interview, it really threw me,... again, oh well.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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